It was New Year's Day and Zephyr stood alone on his balcony, smoking a cigar he had purchased for himself earlier in the week. He had gotten up before the sunrise so he could see the Violet Dawn. He watched in awe, wondering who would be awakened this year, maybe it would be him. He took a few puffs of his cigar as he looked out at the new day, the violet hue already dissipating. "What do you think dad? Do I deserve magic powers?" Zephyr waited for a response he knew wouldn't come, "ya, neither do I. I might end up hurting someone, although if Thoth blesses me with the powers of the Violet Dawn I won't let them go to waste. You loved Spiderman, you know the quote." Zephyr was silent yet again, with nothing but the wind to respond to him. "Good talk dad, I'm gonna head in to warm up, even for Canada it's particularly cold this morning."

[u][b]January 3[/b][/u]
Zephyr woke up in the middle of the night like he was struck by lightning. He was one of the chosen this time around, he had been blessed by Thoth and was now a mage. For a brief moment Zephyr was elated, he couldn't believe it, he was no longer just an ordinary guy, he could really make a change in the world. This feeling quickly went away when he heard what sounded like a gunshot and sirens in the distance. "Oh right, the CA3....Fuck." Knowing he had limited time Zephyr figured his best chance of surviving would be to run away, he wasn't sure to where, but if he stayed where he was he was surely done for.

As Zephyr packed a large backpack with different types of clothes his phone went off. Checking the time first he wondered who the hell would be messaging him at 3 in the morning. He read the message, then read it again to be sure he understood it right. At this point he was mostly glad he had already been packing. He didn't have any reason to not trust this message, also he didn't really have much of a choice. It was either stay put and get got, run off on his own with no plan, or trust this random message. Zephyr went with trust. He finished packing and left his building. He knew his balcony faced east so he simply went the opposite direction, two streets over to hopefully someone who could keep him safe.